About the Conference Series

The OECD Rural Development Conference Series began in 2002 in Siena, Italy. The series provide a forum for key policy officials to engage in dialogue whilst strengthening existing networks and fostering knowledge-sharing on rural policy across the OECD. This regular dialogue, comprising stakeholders of all levels, have helped shape OECD work on rural development leading to the definition and measurement of the performance of rural regions, the evaluation of rural policies amongst OECD member countries and the undertaking of a number of thematic studies on rural development.